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Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for Aston Martin Queen Latifah is returning to the NAACP Image Awards for another year as host. The 55th annual event, taking place Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. ET on BET and CBS, will also honor poet and activist Amanda Gorman with the Chairman’s Award. “We are thrilled to collaborate with […]

Monica Schipper/FilmMagic Ciara is standing by her man. After her husband, Russell Wilson, was cut from the Denver Broncos, he posted a heartfelt message thanking “Broncos Country” for its support, noting, “Over these last two years, you have welcomed my family and me with open arms and have embraced us as members of the Denver […]

Ice Spice closed out 2023 with four Hot 100 singles, with her favorite being “Princess Diana.” Speaking to Billboard for a feature highlighting her as this year’s Women In Music Hitmaker, she explained, “I felt like ‘Princess Diana’ was already my best song on [Like…?], but then it didn’t chart or anything until Nicki [Minaj] got […]

ABC LeBron James has another reason to smile, days after becoming the first NBA player in history to score 40,000 points in a career on Saturday night. King James is teaming up with The History Channel for three new documentaries, the network announced on Monday, explaining the projects will “prioritize largely unknown historical stories that […]

Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage The members of Outkast united last weekend, hanging out Saturday in Atlanta, where André 3000 made a stop as part of the tour supporting his instrumental woodwinds album, New Blue Sun. He and Big Boi hung out backstage at the Center Stage and posed for photos later shared on the latter’s Instagram page. “Antwan & Andre. Flutie […]

Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas and son (L) Tron Austin (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for Screen Gems) TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas is officially a grandma. Her son, Tron Austin, welcomed a baby girl with wife Jeong Ah Wang on Saturday, March 2. “On this day March 2nd, 2024 at 1:59pm 6.173 LBS/2.8kg an angel from heaven was born […]

Eric Mccandless/ABC RuPaul is opening up like never before in new memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, detailing his life journey from growing up in a tense household to his rocky and yet rewarding road to fame. Speaking to Good Morning America in a sit-down interview with Robin Roberts that aired on Monday, the star and creator […]

Saturday, March 2, was officially Burna Boy Day in Boston. The city made the official declaration ahead of the Nigerian superstar’s performance at TD Garden that night. “For too long, mainstream narratives have marginalized African voices and overlooked the richness of the continent’s cultural heritage,” a proclamation from Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune reads. […]

Abe Rasheed When Abe Rasheed stepped in to head up the urban space at the legendary MNRK [Monarch] Music Group, his mission was to innovate, cultivate and help the label maintain its spot in today’s ever-changing musical landscape.  One of the ways he’s achieved his goals so far, he says, is by ramping up the R&B landscape […]